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Crystal Instability Due to Defect–Phonon Interactions
Author(s) -
Wautelet M.,
Legrand P. B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221380111
Subject(s) - phonon , instability , crystal (programming language) , condensed matter physics , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
The effects of defect–phonon, defect–defect, and phonon–temperature couplings are introduced phenomenologically in the total energy of crystals. Crystal instability appears to be induced mainly by defect–phonon and defect–defect interactions.